Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Div. of Adult and Vocational Education.

This manual is intended for use in teaching keyboarding at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary level. It presents techniques for teaching basic keyboarding skills. The manual is divided into six sections. The first section defines keyboarding, describes who should learn to keyboard, discusses who should teach keyboarding skills, and outlines some basic considerations in organizing keyboarding instruction. The instruction section includes information for teaching basic keyboarding technique. Suggestions and strategies for planning and implementing a keyboarding program are given in the next section. A list of the 24 publications used in developing and updating this document is provided. The glossary defines common keyboarding and computer terms. The resources section identifies 2 resource libraries, 17 texts, 17 software instructional packages for keyboarding-related instruction, and 25 publishers. (YLB)